tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post1140050697482010644..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: A Premise We Can’t Do WithoutFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-31368112118214576922020-01-18T20:46:02.461-05:002020-01-18T20:46:02.461-05:00Connections.
There is definitely a foreboding in ...Connections.<br /><br />There is definitely a foreboding in the air for you to have written this essay tying our religious moral order to our civilization within days of a paywalled post by Wretchard entitled <a href="https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/without-civilizational-taboos-eugenics-and-cannibalism-are-simply-matters-of-opinion/" rel="nofollow">Without Civilizational Taboos, Eugenics and Cannibalism are Simply Matters of Opinion</a>.<br /><br />He relates how the reality of the slippery slope is discussed rarely due it being associated with outliers until that moment when its reality makes headlines. Whoops! What moral order?<br /><br /><i>Crossing the first red line is always harder than the second. <a href="https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/canada-touts-how-assisted-suicide-is-providing-human-spare-parts-so-hurry-up-and-die-already/" rel="nofollow">Victoria Taft's article</a> notes how the promotion of assisted suicide in Canada is moving its rationale from alleviating the suffering of the dying to providing human spare parts for the seriously ill and provides a clear example of a cascading collapse of restraint. <br /><br />'...The <a href="https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/medically-assisted-deaths-prove-a-growing-boon-to-organ-donation-in-ontario" rel="nofollow">headline</a> tells it all: "Medically assisted deaths prove a growing boon to organ donation in Ontario."'<br /><br />The phenomenon is the slippery-slope effect, often derided as illusory. But 'In china, it's possible to pre-book an organ transplant, something that would be impossible under a voluntary donor system -- raising suspicions of widespread organ harvesting.' says the <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/crimes-against-humanity-is-china-killing-political-prisoners-for-their-organs-20191105-p537md.html" rel="nofollow">Sydney Morning Herald</a>. So it's not illusory if it's part of a plan.<br /><br />...The argument against a slippery slope warning crucially depends on a reasonable expectation that such fears are unfounded.</i><br /><br />With so many contemporary influence peddlers (such as the Ottawa Citizen) selling their Kantian perceptions to a public that apparently begs to see only roses and hear no evil, most victims may never expect that knock to their head. What moral code convinced us to remain silent so that the next victims barely have a clue how much license has been granted their ruthless predators? Pascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303025432356543062noreply@blogger.com